Zero Proof Strides

09/02/2026

Shark diving experience in the North Shore of Oahu 🦈

08/30/2026

May not have run the Sydney Marathon, but more than thrilled to spend some time in paradise 🌺

08/24/2026

25 lbs down and no more puffy face! Who knew it’s not just genetics 🤪

08/17/2026

08/15/2026

Friendly reminder to move your body in a way that feels good today ✨

08/12/2026

I’m a proud owner of a bike!!

A hard diagnosis derailed my running endeavors for good, and instead of dwelling on what I cannot change, I let it influence my next decisions.

Setbacks can derail you OR you can use them as an opportunity to try something new. To expand your horizons.

If I had not quit drinking, I fear I would’ve never learned this crucial lesson

08/11/2026

Quitting drinking inadvertently holds a mirror up to the people around you.

Because when you stop drinking, you lose one of the easiest ways we use to normalize our own behavior: looking around and finding someone else doing it, too.

“I don’t have a problem. They drink more than I do.”

“Everyone drinks like this.”

“I’m not drinking that much.”

Sometimes the hardest part about sobriety is about realizing how much you relied on other people to tell you that your behavior was normal.

Normal and healthy are not the same thing. Sometimes, changing your own behavior means getting very honest about the behaviors and environments you’ve been surrounded by.

The mirror goes both ways 🪞

08/10/2026

Put a finger down: Alcohol Use Disorder DSM-5 criteria edition ✨

This trend hit a little differently when I realized I could put a finger down for so many of the DSM-5 criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder.

I share things like this because one of my biggest goals in talking openly about my sobriety is to spread awareness about AUD: what it actually looks like, how it can develop, and how differently it can show up from person to person.

Because not everyone who struggles with alcohol looks like they’re struggling.

You can have a career.
You can have a home, a partner, friends, and responsibilities.
You can be “high-functioning.”
You can look completely fine from the outside.

And still have a very unhealthy relationship with alcohol.

Alcohol Use Disorder exists on a spectrum, and you don’t have to fit the stereotypical image of “an alcoholic” for your relationship with alcohol to deserve a closer look.

For me, sobriety has been about so much more than simply not drinking. It’s been about understanding why I drank, confronting the things alcohol allowed me to avoid, and learning how to actually take care of myself.

If you recognize yourself in some of these criteria, I hope you know you’re not alone. 🤍

And if you don’t? I hope this gives you a better understanding of what AUD can actually look like.

08/10/2026

Self care is community care 🤍

I don’t know about you, but I can’t show up well for other people when my own home, body, mind, and soul are a mess. For those of us who struggle with alcohol use disorder, this can be especially true—there’s not often much left for ourselves or for the people we love.

Getting sober wasn’t just about stopping drinking. I cleaned up the messes I’d be avoiding. I took care of my body. I made my home my safest, calmest place. I cleared my mind. I reconnected with my soul.

And the more I care for myself, the more capacity I have to care for others. The more I care for myself, the less I allow negativity, chaos, and dysfunction to affect me.

Self care isn’t selfish.

08/10/2026

Your liver can be significantly damaged from alcohol misuse and still have normal bloodwork. By the time your liver enzymes are elevated, you've likely already developed liver disease. Elevated liver enzymes may be asymptomatic, until they're not.

Signs Your Liver May Be Damaged From Your Alcohol Consumption:
• Itchy skin
• Chronic fatigue
• Mild ache or fullness in the upper right side of your belly
• Queasiness or loss of appetite
• Swollen legs, ankles, or feet
• Easy bruising or bleeding

It really depends. Each time you take a sip of alcohol, your liver works to process the toxins in that alcohol. Over time, this puts stress on the liver that can lead to either temporary or permanent damage to the liver.